State bracing for 'all hands' response to federal funds threat
Gov. Maura Healey's finance secretary said that federal cuts would be too big of a problem for the executive branch to solve ...
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Massachusetts DPU accused of not telling truth about $500 million Mass Save budget ‘cut’
The Massachusetts DPU has claimed Bay Staters can expect to save on utility costs after it “reduced” the budget for the Mass ...
Headed into budget season, Mass. collected $2.1B in taxes in February
February has historically been the lowest month for revenue, contributing, on average, less than 6% of annual collections, ...
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Budget Chief: State’s economic health “at risk of being upended”
The Senate budget chief knocked the possibility of dipping into the state’s more than $8 billion rainy day fund Thursday to ...
Massachusetts DPU cuts Mass Save budget by $500 million to reduce heating bills
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities slashed the Mass Save budget by $500 million in an order put out Friday ...
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Trimming Mass Save's budget means lower utility bills for residents, but at what cost to the state's environmental goals?
The Department of Public Utilities approved a three-year plan for Mass Save that funds the program at $4.5 billion rather ...
Massachusetts Gov. Healey ‘cannot commit’ to funding towns fighting MBTA zoning law
Gov. Maura Healey says she doesn’t want to see cities and towns “penalized” because of the controversial MBTA zoning law but ...
Aging bridges in Massachusetts face growing structural concerns
Thousands of bridges carry traffic along Massachusetts's busy highways and scenic country roads, and a growing number of those structures are ailing. Analysis of a Massachusetts Department of ...
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Aging bridges in Massachusetts face growing structural concerns
Policy Director at the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center. "A lot of them are beyond the structural life that they were built for."Bridges are typically inspected at least every two years ...
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Gov. Healey testifies on budget proposal
Lawmakers shifted focus back to state matters this week, as Governor Healey testified in a House hearing defending her budget draft.
Federal funding cuts weigh on Massachusetts budget writers amid FY26 spending talks
Massachusetts budget writers struggled Thursday to grapple with the impacts of President Donald Trump’s efforts to reduce the size of the federal government and slash large amounts of federal funding ...